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package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.group;

import java.io.Serializable;

import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksStageletContext;
import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparatorFactory;
import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.INormalizedKeyComputerFactory;
import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.aggregators.IAggregatorDescriptorFactory;

/**
 * @author jarodwen
 * 
 */
public interface ISpillableTableFactory extends Serializable {
    ISpillableTable buildSpillableTable(IHyracksStageletContext ctx, int[] keyFields,
            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, INormalizedKeyComputerFactory normalizedKeyComputerFactory,
            IAggregatorDescriptorFactory aggregatorFactory, RecordDescriptor inRecordDescriptor,
            RecordDescriptor outRecordDescriptor, int framesLimit) throws HyracksDataException;

}
